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TIL tempura was introduced to the Japan by the Portuguese

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Egr4w TIL In 1788, a British fur trader recruited 50 Chinese from Macao and Guangzhou to Vancouver Island for building a fortress and schooner. Spaniards arrived in 1789, fought with the British, and what happened to the Chinese became a mystery as some escaped and others may have been killed
XEvbR TIL putting LED lights on float lines of 864 fishing gillnets reduced the bycatch of sea turtles by 74.4% & by 70.8% for dolphins, whales, & porpoises. The same amount of targeted fish were caught by both 864 lighted gillnets & 864 unlighted gillnets in a study of 3 ports in Peru from 2015 - 2018.
LQDwv TIL the engine for the Honda S2000 sports car had the highest specific power output for any mass production naturally aspirated piston engine for over ten years, until it was beaten by the engine in the 2010 Ferrari 458
b9jra TIL the epic historical film, Quo Vadis (1951), grossed $21 million at the box office in 1951, which is $210,000,000 today. It used 32,000 costumes and over 30,000 extras appeared. Its success is credited with saving "MGM" from bankruptcy. It was filmed at Benito Mussolini's film studio in Rome.
W7yZ8 TIL The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the richest families in Florence.